Richie Benaud Quotes
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And our dreams are who we are.
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I'm not one to take revenge. If someone does something wrong to me I leave it in the hands of the universe to take care of that person.
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I don't want to build any image for myself. I don't want people to say, 'He does only a certain type of role.' I don't want only to be the hero of the story. An actor's weakness is the different roles that he can't do. But I am keen to grab only those roles as I am here to challenge myself.
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I thought I would lose, so I didn't prepare a speech.
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I look for someone whose upbringing was somewhat similar to mine because they can understand me - love for the family and everything else. You see someone's relationship with their parents, and you realize what that person's going to be like as a parent.
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If a great outfit gets you one step closer to feeling good about yourself, then it's worth every penny.
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In nature there are few sharp lines.
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I generally travel with my laptop, a couple of great books, and my iPod.
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I'm going to trust my instincts when something's wrong.
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I'm cut from a different cloth. I would never moon someone. I was raised in a good family.
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As much as I love heavy riffs, I like The Eagles, Neil Young, Elton John, Crowded House.
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Individuals with kidney disease who are able to obtain treatment early experience a higher quality of life and are able to maintain more of their day-to-day activities, including keeping their jobs.
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Buzz and the right publicist are not only important but crucial in show business.
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It's always exciting when you love something and you get the opportunity to share it with more people.
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Digital photography is, by definition, unfinished. You don't feel that after every 24 or 36 shots you have to change your film - you know you can go on for ever if you want. You can see the result immediately, and find out if your original idea is worth going on with or not, whether it can be corrected, whether it can be improved.
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The thing I miss about Russia the most is what is called 'black bread.' It's rye bread, and everyone eats it. I slice mine up and put sunflower oil and salt on it... the best thing ever. It was like a little treat for me when I was a kid.
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How many songs in your life were your favorite songs but never were singles on albums?
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Vitia erunt donec homines
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I wanted to change the rules of engagement, asking for more— from fewer. I was insisting that we had to have only the best people...If you wanted excellence, at a minimum, the ambience had to reflect excellence.
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When we live longer, we must work a little bit longer.
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In the electric age, when our central nervous system is technologically extended to involve us in the whole of mankind and to incorporate the whole of mankind in us, we necessarily participate, in depth, in the consequences of our every action. It is no longer possible to adopt the aloof and dissociated role of the literate Westerner. (p. 4)
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Venice once was dear, The pleasant place of all festivity, The revel of the earth, the masque of Italy.
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I’ve had it with all stingy-hearted sons of bitches. A heart is to be spent.
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A cricket ground is a flat piece of earth with some buildings around it.
